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> Bringing Back The Dead, Restoring/Updating an old school 914-v8 Conversion
LeftCoastErik
post May 14 2015, 09:35 AM
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OK, so I was the *lucky* bastard who ended up with GandolfTheGrey's (previously MichaelT55's) 1972 V8 Car. Specs were as follows.
Engine:
-1962 Buick 215 Aluminum V8
-STD bore, 10.5-1 (stock) comp ratio
-Cyl heads-ported exhaust ports, 3 angle valve grind with hi-retainers-shaft rocker stands shortened .060"-pushrods shortened .125" for geometry correction.
-Camshaft-M-488 custom ground by Shadbolt engineering(Vancouver B.C.) C/W hydraulic lifters
-Spheroidal graphite iron crankshaft, 5 main journal center, thrust mains, .010" under -Rods ground .001"
-New rings
-Hi volume oil pump, Buick V8 filter housing
-Facet electric fuel pump-GM canister filter
-Offenhauser alum intake
-500 cfm Edelbrock carb C/W electric choke
-Buick distributor with Unilite conversion
-Kennedy engineered product #1000 Buick to Porsche adapter
-KEP 9" Flywheel, clutch and throw-out bearing
-Custon h.d. radiator w/ twin Spals
-Toyota Corolla heater

TRANSMISSION:
Custom built V8 side shift trans by Dr. Evil.
Custom ratios
1st gear lock out
Fresh rebuild, newly installed

BODY:
-Rayco FRP front fenders
-Mitcom 916 rear quarter panels
-P.B. Tweeks FRP flared rocker panels

ELECTRICAL:
-Hella H-4 Q.I. headlites
-Eurolens rear tail lites
-Tach converted to 8cyl
-Mechanical oil pressure and water temp
-Alpine CD
-Electric windows
-Updated blade style fuse blocks
SUSPENSION:
-H & H Carrera 19mm adj front sway bar
-Addco 16mm rear sway bar
-140# rear springs (100 stock)
-Stock front torsion bar
-Koni adj front and Koni H.D. rear shock absorbers
-BMW 320i front brake conversion
-Stock Porsche rear calipers
-All four calipers have stainless steel liners and completely rebuilt.
-Adj proportioning valve
-19mm 911 master cylinder
-All rotors have been crossdrilled
-All flex lines are braided stainless steel
-Pagio performance brake pads, all four wheels
-Carrol Shelby Mini-Europa wheels 7/15 front 8.5/15 rear
-Custom roll bar with rear chassis supportsAttached Image
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LeftCoastErik   Bringing Back The Dead   May 14 2015, 09:35 AM
LeftCoastErik   Looks like a good car, right? Gandolf had recentl...   May 14 2015, 09:41 AM
LeftCoastErik   I yanked the rockers and my heart started to sink ...   May 14 2015, 09:59 AM
LeftCoastErik   More pics   May 14 2015, 10:03 AM
LeftCoastErik   and some more No problem zip tying the battery ca...   May 14 2015, 10:05 AM
LeftCoastErik   So, yeah...going to be doing a lot of this :welde...   May 14 2015, 10:08 AM
rhodyguy   Bummer   May 14 2015, 10:15 AM
rjames   Bummer indeed. At least it looks like you have th...   May 14 2015, 10:44 AM
Mueller   Ouch....using the speaker to pick up the metal scr...   May 14 2015, 10:55 AM
matthepcat   Bummer about the rust. The car is going to look ...   May 14 2015, 11:50 AM
LeftCoastErik   Yeah, definitely a bummer, but stuff happens. My ...   May 14 2015, 12:03 PM
whitetwinturbo   .........and I had this one on the "watch...   May 14 2015, 08:51 PM
r_towle   Dude, don't lose the magic speaker that goes b...   May 14 2015, 09:01 PM
LeftCoastErik   Day 2 saw the removal of the rear right suspension...   May 15 2015, 10:13 AM
LeftCoastErik   Holes were added so I could spray Ospho in there a...   May 15 2015, 10:15 AM
BillC   What breed/kind of dog is that? He (she?) look...   May 19 2015, 07:34 PM
RobW   Super cool. Dig the pup too! Let me know if yo...   May 15 2015, 11:05 AM
LeftCoastErik   Rob, I may just take those off your hands. Bring ...   May 15 2015, 11:31 AM
tomrev   I too was following the car on ebay; not to buy, a...   May 15 2015, 02:48 PM
LeftCoastErik   Days 3-5 were pretty exciting also.. Got the longs...   May 19 2015, 02:26 PM
LeftCoastErik   More pics. New 17" Fachs and RE71R tires wa...   May 19 2015, 02:29 PM
Mueller   Those 17" Fuchs are nice! Nice meeting y...   May 19 2015, 05:03 PM
LeftCoastErik   Thanks! You too man!   May 19 2015, 05:26 PM
Chris H.   Nice work! The Brad Mayeur kit should stiffen...   May 19 2015, 05:50 PM
LeftCoastErik   These right here. I know the Brad kit made a nigh...   May 19 2015, 05:55 PM
Chris H.   Nice! Mine are very similar. White during th...   May 19 2015, 06:45 PM
LeftCoastErik   Cool. They have great reviews and the gps speedo m...   May 19 2015, 07:01 PM
LeftCoastErik   Probably related! He came from big dog rescue ...   May 19 2015, 08:06 PM
a914guy   Keep up the pace Erik. Nice work and ditto on the...   May 19 2015, 09:06 PM
LeftCoastErik   No updates for a while, sorry. I did get the inter...   May 27 2015, 10:34 AM
arkitect   Erik, Cool work bringing the longs back in shape, ...   May 28 2015, 06:13 AM
LeftCoastErik   Thanks Dave. I am actually disappointed in those w...   May 28 2015, 11:13 AM
LeftCoastErik   I think I am going to rename the car the FML914..E...   May 29 2015, 10:37 AM
Chris H.   YIKES! Imagine if the insulation rubbed thr...   May 29 2015, 11:04 AM
LeftCoastErik   Yeah, when I got the truck of the transport and pa...   May 29 2015, 11:24 AM
matthepcat   While your at it, you should just drop the 901 and...   May 29 2015, 06:47 PM
LeftCoastErik   Yesterday I got the rear inner fenders cleaned and...   May 30 2015, 08:20 AM
arkitect   Yesterday I got the rear inner fenders cleaned an...   Jun 5 2015, 04:53 AM
LeftCoastErik   More   May 30 2015, 08:20 AM
LeftCoastErik   Trailing arm   May 30 2015, 08:21 AM
LeftCoastErik   More pics from the weekend. Got the entire GT rei...   Jun 1 2015, 10:33 AM
whitetwinturbo   Had this on "watch" too..........and I...   Jun 1 2015, 10:25 PM
whitetwinturbo   Is the white GT front fender replacement fiberglas...   Jun 1 2015, 10:34 PM
LeftCoastErik   Yes. From QRS   Jun 1 2015, 10:36 PM
Andyrew   My my my thats a lot of welding!!   Jun 1 2015, 10:48 PM
LeftCoastErik   Yeah. They seem like small parts..but it adds up. ...   Jun 1 2015, 11:05 PM
whitetwinturbo   Final color stays black?   Jun 2 2015, 10:44 AM
LeftCoastErik   Probably. It was originally irish green, which I ...   Jun 2 2015, 11:36 AM
matthepcat   Sweet about the EFI. I want to hear how it goes, a...   Jun 2 2015, 06:52 PM
LeftCoastErik   I decided that the old, hammered relay board and a...   Jun 4 2015, 01:12 PM
whitetwinturbo   I decided that the old, hammered relay board and ...   Jun 4 2015, 04:26 PM
Chris H.   Wow, the right guy got this car for sure... it...   Jun 4 2015, 06:08 PM
LeftCoastErik   I got the dash top pulled to have Tri Valley Auto ...   Jun 5 2015, 10:25 AM
LeftCoastErik   As for color...its either black or maaayyyybeeee.....   Jun 5 2015, 10:28 AM
whitetwinturbo   As for color...its either black or maaayyyybeeee....   Jun 5 2015, 11:05 AM
whitetwinturbo   Eric, How is the WHOLE fiberglass front fender att...   Jun 5 2015, 11:03 AM
LeftCoastErik   Good question...I haven't gotten that far yet....   Jun 5 2015, 11:06 AM
LeftCoastErik   That coppertone is cool! I think the flat clea...   Jun 5 2015, 11:08 AM
whitetwinturbo   That coppertone is cool! I think the flat cle...   Jun 5 2015, 12:14 PM
howlndog   Regarding colour... have you ever played around wi...   Jun 5 2015, 11:41 AM
LeftCoastErik   Holy crap!! That is awesome! ! Tha...   Jun 5 2015, 12:12 PM
LeftCoastErik   Holy crap!! That is awesome! ! Tha...   Jun 5 2015, 12:12 PM
LeftCoastErik   I took a stab at it... I will be making a custom m...   Jun 5 2015, 04:03 PM
craig downs   I love the color on that truck. That would look gr...   Jun 5 2015, 04:39 PM
whitetwinturbo   WOW..........Yes on that color! It will be 1 ...   Jun 5 2015, 04:39 PM
matthepcat   I say no to 911 reflector, but he'll yes to th...   Jun 5 2015, 06:08 PM
whitetwinturbo   I say no to 911 reflector, but he'll yes to t...   Jun 5 2015, 09:00 PM
LeftCoastErik   I got a lot done this weekend. I also cursed a lo...   Jun 8 2015, 02:59 PM
LeftCoastErik   Here are some pics of the "Not-so-significant...   Jun 8 2015, 03:02 PM
LeftCoastErik   and the fixing..   Jun 8 2015, 03:04 PM
LeftCoastErik   last pic for now...More to follow after I get the ...   Jun 8 2015, 03:05 PM
whitetwinturbo   Like Pres Bill Clinton said: ....what's you d...   Jun 8 2015, 04:07 PM
matthepcat   :barf: I guess the next one will be a west coast...   Jun 8 2015, 05:10 PM
LeftCoastErik   Hence the #fml914   Jun 8 2015, 05:19 PM
LeftCoastErik   On a positive note..I just came home to these beau...   Jun 8 2015, 05:38 PM
matthepcat   Nice! My GPS speed hut gauge took like 3 weeks...   Jun 8 2015, 05:48 PM
LeftCoastErik   Iirc they are 4" and the tach is 4.5   Jun 8 2015, 06:06 PM
Andyrew   Those are nice!   Jun 8 2015, 06:20 PM
LeftCoastErik   The #FML914 continues to live up to its name..I fi...   Jun 10 2015, 11:12 AM
whitetwinturbo   When will the PO "insignificant" rust en...   Jun 10 2015, 03:17 PM
TargaToy   Looking good, Erik! Do you like your magnetic...   Jun 10 2015, 04:00 PM
LeftCoastErik   Thanks!. Yeah I swear by it   Jun 10 2015, 04:06 PM
whitetwinturbo   Erik, Here's more another shade of "coppe...   Jun 12 2015, 10:13 AM
LeftCoastErik   Looks like the candy brown on my 55 buick kustom. ...   Jun 12 2015, 11:17 AM
whitetwinturbo   Nice paint job!   Jun 12 2015, 11:41 AM
LeftCoastErik   Thanks! It'd be nice if pics would post co...   Jun 12 2015, 11:48 AM
LeftCoastErik   I had a busy weekend of exciting rust bucket work....   Jun 15 2015, 10:36 AM
LeftCoastErik   more   Jun 15 2015, 10:38 AM
LeftCoastErik   I then moved on to the front of the car and discov...   Jun 15 2015, 10:47 AM
LeftCoastErik   Here's the drivers side...some of the spot wel...   Jun 15 2015, 10:49 AM
LeftCoastErik   I got everything seam welded up and then made new ...   Jun 15 2015, 11:27 AM
LeftCoastErik   I still have some work to do in the exposed corner...   Jun 15 2015, 11:36 AM
whitetwinturbo   Eric, you are the "welding MAN"! :w...   Jun 15 2015, 11:36 AM
LeftCoastErik   I am on my second big bottle of gas, and this spoo...   Jun 15 2015, 11:37 AM
LeftCoastErik   I decided to take another welding brake Saturday a...   Jun 15 2015, 11:39 AM
whitetwinturbo   :wub:   Jun 15 2015, 11:42 AM
LeftCoastErik   Thanks, I figured that out, but its a pain in the ...   Jun 15 2015, 11:42 AM
LeftCoastErik   The past few days have been eventful. Got the fue...   Jun 18 2015, 12:27 PM
whitetwinturbo   B:) Love all the new "jewerly"......have...   Jun 18 2015, 02:22 PM
howlndog   yes, have a good vacation.... but more importantly...   Jun 18 2015, 02:26 PM
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